What was the significance of Townsend v. Burke (1948) in relation to the Sixth Amendment?
a. The deliberate use of perjured testimony violates due process laws.
b. Police may not question the accused without the attorney present.
c. A convicted offender has a right to counsel at the time of sentencing.
d. Even when statements regarding the charged offense are not admissible because the person's Sixth Amendment rights were violated, they are still admissible to impeach the witness.
c
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An indeterminate sentence of 1 to 10 years means that:
A) ten years must be served in their entirety. B) the sentence is automatically modified by the accumulation of good-time credit. C) the offender becomes parole-eligible after serving at least one year. D) the offender must be released from prison after serving 50 percent of that sentence.
Approval of a city's budget is a responsibility of the
a. city manager and staff. b. chief of police. c. mayor. d. city governing board/city council.
The Model Penal Code contains a withdrawal defense, which requires that the defendant either advise his co-conspirators that he is no longer involved in it or inform police about the conspiracy
a. True b. False
Why is habeas corpus significant?
What will be an ideal response?